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• High-stakes gay marriage trial to begin in Calif. (AP)
• Restaurant food has more calories than advertised (AP)
• 4 killed in crash on snow Ohio road are identified (AP)
• Reports: Jay Leno's future on NBC up in the air (AP)
• Ark. doc charged in bombing pleaded for Rx rights (AP)
• Maine woman avoids prison for killing of husband (AP)
• Missing Utah woman's husband appears to be moving (AP)
• Push to split away from Fulton County raises race (AP)
• 2 ex-Blackwater guards charged in Afghan killings (AP)
• Report: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centers (AP)
• Conn. police: Ex-Bush lawyer tried to kill wife (AP)
• Man charged with posing as Secret Service agent (AP)
• Suspect in St. Louis plant shooting believed dead (AP)
• Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon (AP)
• AG: Governor can pardon dead man exonerated by DNA (AP)
• 4 dead in bus-truck crash on Ohio highway (AP)
• Ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich praises GOP Chair Steele (AP)
• Couple's goodbye hug led to Newark airport breach (AP)
• Blackwater settles civil lawsuits over Iraq deaths (AP)

High-stakes gay marriage trial to begin in Calif. (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:57 PM PST AP - The national debate over same-sex marriage will take center stage in a California courtroom next week at a closely watched federal trial that could ultimately become the landmark case that determines whether gay Americans have a right to marry.

Restaurant food has more calories than advertised (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:09 PM PST AP - Dieters can't believe everything they read: The food at many popular chain restaurants and in the freezer section of the supermarket may contain a lot more calories than advertised.

4 killed in crash on snow Ohio road are identified (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:49 PM PST AP - The four people killed when a tractor-trailer swerved into oncoming highway traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers have been identified.

Reports: Jay Leno's future on NBC up in the air (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - The future of "The Jay Leno Show" was in question Thursday, even as NBC defended its prime-time talk-show star amid Web site reports the program will soon be cancelled or shifted into late night.

Ark. doc charged in bombing pleaded for Rx rights (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:07 PM PST AP - A doctor accused of setting off a bomb that severely wounded the head of the state medical board had pleaded with the panel to reinstate his permit to prescribe narcotics, saying he was unfairly targeted and that his life and business had gone downhill as a result of their decision.

Maine woman avoids prison for killing of husband (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:54 PM PST AP - A woman who shot her white supremacist husband while he slept — leading to the discovery of Nazi memorabilia, an arsenal of weapons and bomb-making materials in their home — won't have to go to prison for killing the man she said subjected her and their daughter to years of extreme abuse.

Missing Utah woman's husband appears to be moving (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:33 PM PST AP - Police say it appears the husband of a missing Utah woman is moving out of the couple's Salt Lake City home.

Push to split away from Fulton County raises race (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST AP - In the cradle of the Civil Rights movement, a new secession effort is under way that would break off Atlanta's predominantly white, wealthy suburbs to the north from poorer, black neighborhoods in the south.

2 ex-Blackwater guards charged in Afghan killings (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST AP - Two former Blackwater contractors were arrested Thursday on murder charges in the shootings of two Afghans after a traffic accident last year, according to a federal indictment.

Report: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centers (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST AP - Nearly one out of every three youths at 13 juvenile detention facilities have reported some type of sexual victimization, according to a government study issued Thursday that found widespread reports of youth sex abuse at correctional centers.

Conn. police: Ex-Bush lawyer tried to kill wife (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:13 PM PST AP - An attorney who worked in both Bush administrations was charged Thursday with trying to kill his wife by beating her with a flashlight and choking her two days after she delivered divorce papers.

Man charged with posing as Secret Service agent (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:47 PM PST AP - A man posing as a U.S. Secret Service agent flashed a fake badge and credentials to con his way past security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, demanding to meet Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, federal authorities said.

Suspect in St. Louis plant shooting believed dead (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:15 PM PST AP - A disgruntled worker embroiled in a pension dispute with his company showed up at the plant and opened fire Thursday, killing three people and wounding five before apparently killing himself.

Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST AP - Astronomers say they are on the verge of finding planets like Earth orbiting other stars, a key step in determining if we are alone in the universe.

AG: Governor can pardon dead man exonerated by DNA (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:05 PM PST AP - With a pardon for her dead son finally possible, the mother of a Texas man wrongly convicted of rape said she knows what to do now: take flowers to his grave and share the news.

4 dead in bus-truck crash on Ohio highway (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - The Ohio Highway Patrol says a tractor-trailer jackknifed, swerved into oncoming highway traffic and collided with a small bus transporting disabled passengers, killing four adults in the bus.

Ex-Speaker Newt Gingrich praises GOP Chair Steele (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:19 PM PST AP - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is praising Michael Steele in his first year as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Couple's goodbye hug led to Newark airport breach (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:00 PM PST AP - Call it the airport embrace felt around the world.

Blackwater settles civil lawsuits over Iraq deaths (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:34 PM PST AP - The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has reached a settlement in a series of federal lawsuits in which dozens of Iraqis accused the company of cultivating a reckless culture that allowed innocent civilians to be killed.

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